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Ron Canada
Born: 1949-05-03 in New York City, New York, USA
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.
Rated Filmography (52)
Sorted by Score10.0
Paved with Good Intentions
2006
10.0
This Will Never Work
2025
8.3
Unholy Matrimony
1988
8.0
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
7.6
Cinderella Man
2005
7.1
Lone Star
1996
7.0
Just Like Heaven
2005
6.9
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
6.9
Adventures in Babysitting
1987
6.8
Without Warning
1994
6.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
6.7
National Treasure
2004
6.6
Crown Heights
2017
6.5
The American President
1995
6.5
The United States of Leland
2003
6.5
Wedding Crashers
2005
6.5
Good to Go
1986
6.4
In Too Deep
1999
6.3
Ted 2
2015
6.3
The Discovery
2017
6.2
The Hunted
2003
6.2
The Empty Man
2020
6.2
Reversible Errors
2004
6.0
Snowglobe
2007
6.0
The Human Stain
2003
5.9
Bully
2018
5.9
The Last of the Finest
1990
5.8
The Apartment Complex
1999
5.7
Islander
2006
5.7
Downtown
1990
5.6
Black River
2001
5.6
Clover
1997
5.5
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
5.4
Man of the House
1995
5.3
After Words
2015
5.3
Getting Even with Dad
1994
5.3
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
5.2
D.C. Cab
1983
5.0
Noble Things
2009
5.0
Heart
1987
4.9
Ocean of Pearls
2008
4.6
Bob Funk
2009
4.6
Play Nice
1992
4.6
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998
4.5
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
1998
4.5
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008
4.5
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996
4.3
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
4.2
Thank Heaven
2001
4.2
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
4.0
Before He Wakes
1998
4.0
Lake Effects
2012